In-Situ Reduction of Promoted Cobalt Oxide Supported on Alumina by Environmental Transmission Electron Microscopy

Dehghan, Roya; Hansen, Thomas Willum; Wagner, Jakob Birkedal; Holmén, Anders; Rytter, Erling; Borg, Øyvind; Walmsley, John C.

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“…S9. The larger surface tension of metallic cobalt in combination with the higher mobility of metal atoms leads to these rounded off particles and can only be clearly observed using environmental TEM [44,45].…”

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On the superior activity and selectivity of PtCo/Nb2O5 Fischer Tropsch catalysts

Otter

Yoshida

Ledesma

et al. 2016

Journal of Catalysis

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On the superior activity and selectivity of PtCo/Nb2O5 Fischer Tropsch catalysts

Otter

Yoshida

Ledesma

et al. 2016

Journal of Catalysis

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“…The difference in scattering intensity between the γ-alumina and the catalyst samples is slightly more pronounced at the lowest Q-values for sample A (Figure 4a), which might be ascribed to scattering from cobalt particle agglomerates, corroborating previous TEM measurements. 15 To better separate the contributions to the scattering signal, sample A has additionally been measured using ASAXS around the Co K-edge at E edge = 7709 eV. For the ASAXS analysis we separate the sample material into two phases; 46 cobalt (1) and porous alumina (2).…”

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Morphology Changes of Co Catalyst Nanoparticles at the Onset of Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis

et al. 2014

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Cobalt nanoparticles play an important role as catalysts for the Fischer− Tropsch synthesis, which is an attractive route for production of synthetic fuels. It is of particular interest to understand the varying conversion rate during the first hours after introducing synthesis gas (H 2 and CO) to the system. To this end, several in situ characterization studies have previously been done on both idealized model systems and commercially relevant catalyst nanoparticles, using bulk techniques, such as X-ray powder diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Since catalysis takes place at the surface of the cobalt particles, it is important to develop methods to gain surface-specific structural information under realistic processing conditions. We addressed this challenge using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), a technique exploiting the penetrating nature of Xrays to provide information about particle morphology during in situ experiments. Simultaneous wide-angle X-ray scattering was used for monitoring the reduction from oxide to catalytically active metal cobalt, and anomalous SAXS was used for distinguishing the cobalt particles from the other phases present. After introducing the synthesis gas, we found that the slope of the scattered intensity in the Porod region increased significantly, while the scattering invariant remained essentially constant, indicating a change in the shape or surface structure of the particles. Shape-and surface change models are discussed in light of the experimental results, leading to an improved understanding of catalytic nanoparticles. ■ INTRODUCTIONThe Fischer−Tropsch synthesis (FTS) is a set of chemical reactions that forms hydrocarbon chains from a mixture of CO and H 2 . The product can be upgraded to petroleum substitutes, for example synthetic diesel.1 Typical commercial FTS catalysts consist of cobalt nanoparticles of diameter ∼20 nm dispersed on a porous support material, 2 such as γ-alumina. Optimal particle size, temperature, and pressure are required for obtaining high activity and high selectivity to long-chain hydrocarbons. The reaction output is dependent on the temperature and the pressure in the reactor cell; the standard industrial process operates at T ≈ 220°C and pressure of 25− 45 bar, conditions favorable for producing waxes.1 At ambient pressure the CO conversion is still high, but the products are predominantly short molecules, thus tending to remain in the gas phase.The FTS shows an initial stage lasting a few hours where the conversion rate increases to a high level, followed by a much slower decrease of the reaction rate that continues on a time scale of days and months.3 Understanding the mechanisms behind this behavior is of high commercial and academic interest. Tsakoumis et al.3 combined in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and X-ray powder diffraction to investigate the cobalt catalyst nanoparticles during the FTS synthesis. The deactivation was detected by mass spectrometry, but no apparent changes in the X-ray signal could be...

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“…Atomic resolution ETEM for probing gas‐solid reactions directly at the atomic level under controlled atmosphere and temperature conditions was developed earlier by Gai and Boyes and is now widely used in an increasing number of laboratories globally . The modern ETEM can support temperature, time, gas type and pressure resolved studies with high precision and 0.1 nm resolution.…”

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ESTEM imaging of single atoms under controlled temperature and gas environment conditions in catalyst reaction studies

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Heterogeneous gas‐solid catalyst reactions occur on the atomic scale and there is increasing evidence single atoms and very small clusters can act as primary active sites in chemical reactions. Aberration corrected environmental scanning transmission electron microscope (AC ESTEM) has been developed for novel studies of nanoparticle catalysts with Angstrom (0.1 nm) resolution in gas. It extends high vacuum analyses with full analytical facilities and unrestricted high angle annular dark field (HAADF) imaging of single atoms, small clusters and nanoparticles in dynamic in‐situ experiments with controlled gas reaction environments at initial operating temperatures up to > 500 °C.

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In-Situ Reduction of Promoted Cobalt Oxide Supported on Alumina by Environmental Transmission Electron Microscopy

Cited by 52 publications

References 22 publications

On the superior activity and selectivity of PtCo/Nb2O5 Fischer Tropsch catalysts

On the superior activity and selectivity of PtCo/Nb2O5 Fischer Tropsch catalysts

Morphology Changes of Co Catalyst Nanoparticles at the Onset of Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis

ESTEM imaging of single atoms under controlled temperature and gas environment conditions in catalyst reaction studies

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